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Israel Upgrades Sea, Air Surveillance Heron 1 Drone
Israel on Sunday unveiled an enhanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for maritime and air surveillance that allows faster and more precise identification of objects. The drone, called Heron 1 (Shoval), will help improve Israel’s Naval and Air Force’s recognition of unknown or hostile ships and aircraft even if they are 300 km away, with a [...]
Israel’s Largest UAV Returns to the Skies
The IAF resumed flying the advanced Eitan unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), also known as the Heron TP, yesterday (Thursday, September 7). The Air Force carried out a successful trial flight yesterday, the first such flight since January. Yesterday’s flight took place after Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel approved the Eitan’s return to service. [...]
RSAF Welcomes Inauguration of Heron 1 UAV
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) enhanced the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of the 3rd Generation Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) as it inaugurated the Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into 119 Squadron (SQN) on 23 May. Minister for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen, who officiated at the inauguration ceremony at Murai [...]
German Army Heron UAV Now Fully Operational in Afghanistan
In recent years, unmanned aerial systems have been playing an increasingly important role in military operations worldwide. Many of the sensors used in modern network-enabled operations are mounted on drones, i.e. unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs); in addition, modern armed forces are using them more and more often as effector platforms. [...]
Australian Herons Achieve Record Flying Hours
The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours. Commanding Officer Heron RPA Detachment – ROT 4 Wing Commander Greg Wells said his personnel had achieved 475 hours during April. “This exceeds the efforts of previous Heron rotations and [...]
Turkey uses Israeli-made drones against rebels in Iraq: army
Ankara: The Turkish army has begun using Israeli-made unmanned aircraft to monitor Kurdish rebel movements in neighbouring Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported Monday, quoting the army chief. “In the past 10 days, we have started using our Heron systems… the surveillance systems we bought from Israel, in the north of Iraq,” General Ilker Basbug [...]
Heron-TP Eitan UAV Inducted into Israel Air Force
The Eitan UAV in flight Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Heron TP, also known as the “Eitan”, was inducted into the Israel Air Force (IAF) yesterday (21.2.2010) at a base in the center of the country in a ceremony attended by senior officials of the IAF, Israel Ministry of Defense, and IAI. [...]
Israel Commissions One Ton UAV Bomber
Jerusalem: A new drone that can remain airborne for more than 24 hours and reach as far as Iran was added Sunday to the Israeli air force’s arsenal, the military said. Described by the army as a “technological breakthrough” the Eitan — which means strong in Hebrew — is a Heron-TP type drone with a [...]
IAI-Made UAS in Operational Use by 5 Armed Forces in Afghanistan
The Canadian, French, German and Australian air forces and the Spanish army have all chosen to employ Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to support their troops fighting in Afghanistan. The Canadian and the French air forces have both utilized IAI’s Heron UAS, while the Spanish army uses IAI’s Searcher III UAS. In [...]
